Creating with the Pen tool

There are times when the Image Trace feature can and will do wonders for you in…the Illustrator, and there are also times when using shapes can easily help you…re-create the artwork you're trying to trace,…nut no tool is quite as versatile as the Pen tool when it comes to recreating…or tracing artwork, period.…The Pen tool has been around since the beginning of Illustrator, really,…and it remains one of the most powerful, and yet one of the most feared tools…in the Tools panel.…The reasoning for this is simple;…the Pen tool is often advertised by many as a pro tool that simply isn't…accessible to most beginners, and quite frankly, I disagree with that premise.…

In this chapter, I'll be exploring the Pen tool, and how you can use it to…recreate artwork fairly easily.…But first I want to focus on why you would want to use the Pen tool at all; what…does it do? How does it work? And what kind of mindset do we need to have in…order to start using it?…Well, the first thing I do whenever I open up a piece of artwork in…

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3/21/2013

Discover how to trace artwork in Adobe Illustrator and convert raster graphics into vector form. This course shows how to perform auto tracing with the Image Trace panel as well as create artwork from scratch using the Shape Builder and the Pen tool. Author Justin Seeley shares several real-world tracing scenarios, which will help you learn how to assess artwork, determine its traceability, and then convert it into vector form in a variety of different ways.